Caboose Girls - along the Old Main
These two girls enjoying the sunshine of a summer afternoon would be too
young to remember when the caboose was always the last car of a freight train.
The technology of EOT (End of Train) Devices brought about the retirement of this iconic feature
of American railroading, and cabooses started disappearing in the last quarter of the 20th century.
So, it’s always a treat for the railroad enthusiast to see one set out on a siding, no matter how scabby
the elements and lack of TLC have made its paint -- especially if it happens to be the subject of curiosity.
This one, built in 1944, sits along a sweeping curve of the historic Old Main Line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (now CSX), just above the Patapsco River at Sykesville, Maryland, close by the town’s former B&O passenger station. The station is now a restaurant, its outdoor deck affording an up close and personal experience with heavy CSX freights rumbling past.
The photograph is part of my “Along the Old Main” series presenting scenes along this
scenic route through the craggy Patapsco Valley from Relay to Point of Rocks, Maryland. (*)
It was shot on Kodak BW400CN film through a Nikkor 35-135mm lens on a Nikon FM3A.
Photograph + Design ©2015 Steve Ember
The same curve...
Along the Old Main - No. 2
Steve Ember
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Point of Rocks - No. 2
Steve Ember
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sparkling light 18/04/2016 10:05
A wonderful photo and full of that special mood of summer and old railroad tracks taking me way back in time when I was at that age or younger and couldn't get enough of steam engines and trains as we used to live near an old railroad track at that time.Jost
Janos Gardonyi 04/11/2015 22:00
luminescent beauty...... janosMauro Tomassetti 21/09/2015 21:26
Very nice**!!Jaap Koer 20/09/2015 17:43
A very nice picture made on the Kodak Film.How make you the switch analog/digital?
Jaap
Susanne Kämmner 20/09/2015 13:58
Beside that´s a lovely scene it´s somehow philosophically in its opposites, too. Present & Past. Young & Old. Fading & Flourishing.....But mainly it´s (in my opinion) about "falling into oblivion". You have mentioned it yourself, Steve, with your words " too young to remember ... "
But this means as well that knowing of and understanding for the past is fading away. Which goes again towards the philosophical angle ...
Storyteller 20/09/2015 8:04
Gorgeous image of this nostalgic train. It brings back memories of trips to my Grandma when I was a child. The trains had steam engines and they produced this special smell and sound...Excellent b&w of course. I love that.
Cheers, Sabine